Sew Organized – Sewing

I am in the process of revamping my closet. Like most of my friends my age (mid thirties in case you were wondering) we are feeling the need to update our looks. I no longer want to wear the stuff I did in my 20’s and am NO where near wanting to shop in the “Women’s” Department. But I do want to look chic, fabulous, slightly vintage and very pulled together.

While I’m still figuring out my new look, I can be concentrating on buying more shoes and sewing some fabulous closet organizers!

McCall Patterns M5600 has some fantastic organizers- including a shoe rack!

So when I’m ready to make the clothes of my dreamy new look, I’ll have all I need to keep em organized!

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

Comments

michelle says
January 4, 2009 at 10:15 pm
I’m trying to organize my closet. So, I bought the pattern your talking about here… Only I’m sort of stuck. I’m making the shoe thing too, i can’t figure out steps 13-19. can you help me?
thanks
anneweaver says
January 5, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Unfortunately, I’m not able to be of much help here. This article was posted by the previous sewing editor, and I don’t have this pattern in my fabric closet to review. You might try looking for information from the pattern manufacturer. Good luck on your sewing project!

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